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22 Bonnie Tyler – Total eclipse of the heart +2 22 Charlene – I´ve never been to me +2 20 Bucks Fizz – The land of make believe 20 Kraftwerk – The Model / Computer Love 20 The Jam – A town called Malice 20 Tight Fit – The lion sleeps tonight 20 Goombay Dance Band – 7 tears 20 Bucks Fizz – My camera never lies 20 Paul McCartney & Stevie Wonder – Ebony and Ivory 20 Nicole – A little peace 20 Madness – House of fun 20 Adam Ant – Goody two shoes 20 Captain Sensible – Happy Talk 20 Irene Cara – Fame 20 Dexy´s Midnight Runners – Come on Eileen 20 Survivor – Eye of the tiger 20 Musical Youth – Pass the dutchie 20 Culture Club – Do you really want to hurt me 20 Eddy Grant – I don´t wanna dance 20 The Jam – Beat Surrender 20 Renee & Renato – Save your love 20 Phil Collins – You can´t hurry love 20 Men at Work – Down Under 20 Kajagoogoo – Too shy 20 Michael Jackson – Billie Jean 20 Duran Duran – Is there something I should know 20 David Bowie – Let´s dance 20 Spandau Ballet – True 20 New Edition – Candy Girl 20 Police – Every breath you take 20 Rod Stewart – Baby Jane 20 Paul Young – Wherever I lay my hat (that's my home) 20 KC & the Sunshine Band – Give it up 20 UB40 – Red red wine 20 Culture Club – Karma Chameleon 20 Billy Joel – Uptown Girl 20 Flying Pickets – Only you 14 Shakin´ Stevens – Oh Julie -6

New round, 1982/83: 20 Bucks Fizz – The land of make believe 20 Shakin´ Stevens – Oh Julie 20 Kraftwerk – The Model / Computer Love 20 The Jam – A town called Malice 20 Tight Fit – The lion sleeps tonight 20 Goombay Dance Band – 7 tears 20 Bucks Fizz – My camera never lies 20 Paul McCartney & Stevie Wonder – Ebony and Ivory 20 Nicole – A little peace 20 Madness – House of fun 20 Adam Ant – Goody two shoes 20 Charlene – I´ve never been to me 20 Captain Sensible – Happy Talk 20 Irene Cara – Fame 20 Dexy´s Midnight Runners – Come on Eileen 20 Survivor – Eye of the tiger 20 Musical Youth – Pass the dutchie 20 Culture Club – Do you really want to hurt me 20 Eddy Grant – I don´t wanna dance 20 The Jam – Beat Surrender 20 Renee & Renato – Save your love 20 Phil Collins – You can´t hurry love 20 Men at Work – Down Under 20 Kajagoogoo – Too shy 20 Michael Jackson – Billie Jean 20 Bonnie Tyler – Total eclipse of the heart 20 Duran Duran – Is there something I should know 20 David Bowie – Let´s dance 20 Spandau Ballet – True 20 New Edition – Candy Girl 20 Police – Every breath you take 20 Rod Stewart – Baby Jane 20 Paul Young – Wherever I lay my hat (that's my home) 20 KC & the Sunshine Band – Give it up 20 UB40 – Red red wine 20 Culture Club – Karma Chameleon 20 Billy Joel – Uptown Girl 20 Flying Pickets – Only you

That's what I found, not that rare: 4 Elvis Presley, 1961: Are you lonesome tonight, Wooden Heart, Surrender, His latest flame 4 Elvis Presley, 1962: Can't help falling in love, Good luck charm, She's not you, Return to sender 4 Shadows, 1963: The next time/Bachelor Boy (with Cliff Richard), Dance on, Summer Holdiday (with Cliff Richard), Foot Trapper 4 Westlife, 1999: Swear it again, If I let you go, Flying without wings, I have a dream/Seasons in the sun 4 Ed Sheeran, 2021: Bad habits, Shivers, Merry Christmas (with Elton John), Sausage rolls for everyone (with LadBaby & Elton John) 3 Frankie Laine, 1953: I believe, Hey Joe, Answer me 3 Gerry & the Pacemakers, 1963: How do you do it, I like it, You'll never walk alone 3 Beatles, 1963: From me to you, She loves you, I want to hold your hand 3 Beatles, 1964: Can't buy me love, A hard day's night, I feel fine 3 Rolling Stones, 1965: The last time, (I can't get no) Satisfaction, Get off of my cloud 3 Beatles, 1965: Ticket to ride, Help, Day Tripper/We can work it out 3 Slade, 1973: Cum on feel the noize, Skweeze me, pleeze me, Merry Xmas everybody 3 ABBA, 1976: Mamma Mia, Fernando, Dancing Queen 3 Blondie, 1980: Atomic, Call me, The tide is high 3 Frankie goes to Hollywood, 1984: Relax, Two Tribes, The power of love 3 Jason Donovan, 1989: Especially for you (with Kylie Minogue), Too many broken hearts, Sealed with a kiss 3 Jive Bunny & the Mastermixers, 1989: Swing the Mood, That's what I like, Let's party 3 Take That, 1993: Pray, Relight my fire (with Lulu), Babe 3 Spice Girls, 1996: Wannabe, Say you'll be there, 2 become 1 3 Spice Girls, 1997: Mama/Who do you think you are, Spice up your life, Too much 3 All Saints, 1998: Never ever, Under the bridge/Lady Marmalade, Bootie Call 3 B*Witched, 1998: C'est la vie, Rollercoaster, To you I belong 3 Westlife, 2000: Fool again, My Love, Against all odds (with Mariah Carey) 3 Will Young, 2002: Anything is possible/Evergreen, Light my fire, The long and winding road (with Gareth Gates) 3 Gareth Gates, 2002: Unchained Melody, Anyone of us (stupid mistake), The long and winding road (with Will Young) 3 Elvis Presley, 2005: Jailhouse Rock (re-release), One night (re-release), It's now or never (re-release) 3 Black Eyed Peas, 2009: Boom Boom Pow, I gotta feeling, Meet me halfway 3 Lady Gaga, 2009: Just dance (with Colby O'Donis), Poker Face, Bad Romance 3 Rita Ora, 2012: R.I.P. (with Tinie Tempah), Hot right now (with DJ Fresh), How we do (Party) 3 Jess Glynne, 2015: Don't be so hard on yourself, Hold my hand, Not letting go (with Tinie Tempah) 3 Justin Bieber, 2015: What do you mean, Sorry, Love yourself 3 Ed Sheeran, 2019: I don't care (with Justin Bieber), Beautiful People (with Khalid), Take me back to London (with Stormzy) 3 Elton John, 2021: Cold Heart (with Dua Lipa), Merry Christmas (with Ed Sheeran), Sausage rolls for everyone (with LadBaby & Ed Sheeran)

43 Soft Cell — Tainted Love 39 David Bowie — Ashes to Ashes 36 The Human League — Don't You Want Me 30 The Specials — Ghost Town -6 28 Blondie — Atomic +4 22 Blondie — Call Me

Tatjana Patitz has died of breast cancer, it has been revealed. https://nypost.com/2023/01/11/tatjana-patitizs-cause-of-death-revealed-supermodel-dead-at-56/

58 Soft Cell — Tainted Love 43 David Bowie — Ashes to Ashes 38 The Human League — Don't You Want Me +4 36 The Specials — Ghost Town -6 28 The Pretenders — Brass in Pocket 27 Blondie — Atomic  16 Blondie — Call Me

57 The Pretenders — Brass in Pocket 53 Soft Cell — Tainted Love 52 Blondie — Atomic 42 David Bowie — Ashes to Ashes 36 The Human League — Don't You Want Me +4 34 The Specials — Ghost Town -6 28 Blondie — Call Me 2 The Police — Don't Stand So Close to Me 

A little earlier: first hit on January 10th, 2023

We do have our first hit: film and voice actor Lothar Blumhagen has died at age 95. He was the German voice of Roger Moore, Christopher Lee, Christopher Plummer, Tony Curtis etc. https://www.zeit.de/news/2023-01/10/schauspieler-lothar-blumhagen-gestorben

54 Blondie — Atomic 52 The Pretenders — Brass in Pocket 45 Blondie — Call Me 45 Soft Cell — Tainted Love 40 David Bowie — Ashes to Ashes 32 The Police — Don't Stand So Close to Me 31 The Specials — Ghost Town -6 18 The Human League — Don't You Want Me 15 ABBA — The Winner Takes It All +4 12 The Specials — Too Much Too Young 6 The Jam — Going Underground / Dreams of Children

57 The Pretenders — Brass in Pocket 49 Soft Cell — Tainted Love 46 Blondie — Atomic 41 Blondie — Call Me 39 David Bowie — Ashes to Ashes 33 The Police — Don't Stand So Close to Me 33 The Specials — Ghost Town -6 19 ABBA — The Winner Takes It All +4 19 The Specials — Too Much Too Young 18 The Police — Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic 17 The Jam — Going Underground / Dreams of Children 16 The Human League — Don't You Want Me  11 Adam & the Ants — Stand and Deliver

This year I will not participate. Husband, cat, house, badminton, books. Ah, and work. You know, real life and stuff To all players: Have fun!

2023 Alex Katz Andy Taylor Bajrakitiyabha, Princess of Thailand Derek Draper Dikembe Mutombo Edmund White Françoise Hardy Frank Field Frank McGarvey 17.03.1956 – 01.01.2023 George Alagiah Gianluca Vialli 09.07.1964 – 06.01.2022 James Whale Janey Godley Joe Kinnear Jonnie Irwin Kat Bjelland Kate Keltie Katie Couric Linda Nolan Marianne Faithfull Marlyne Barrett Mutulu Shakur 08.08.1950 - 06.07.2023 Nigel Starmer-Smith Norm Coleman Rainer Langhans Randy Jackson Renee Taylor Rhod Gilbert Rob Bolland Rob Burrow Roberta Flack Rolf Harris 30.03.1930 - 10.05.2023 Ronnie Atkins Ryuichi Sakamoto 17.01.1952 - 28.03.2023 Shannen Doherty Simon Cowell Steve Gleason Steve McMichael Ted Kaczynski 22.05.1942 - 10.06.2023 Teresa Taylor 10.11.1962 - 18.06.2023

Congratulations Banana, once again! It would be nice if someone else could win, like me! Thank you DI, that was fun!

49 The Pretenders - Brass in pocket 48 The Police — Don't Stand So Close to Me 46 Blondie — Atomic 42 Blondie — Call Me 40 Soft Cell — Tainted Love 35 David Bowie — Ashes to Ashes 32 Adam & the Ants — Stand and Deliver 30 The Jam — Going Underground / Dreams of Children 29 The Specials — Ghost Town -6 28 The Police — Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic 22 The Specials — Too Much Too Young 21 ABBA — The Winner Takes It All +4 14 The Human League — Don't You Want Me  10 David Bowie & Queen — Under Pressure

Welcome to this fine competition to predict the frontpage of this site: The DeathList Prediction Game 2022! But what is it all about? It's not that hard: What do you think the official DeathList 2022 will look like? Which celebrities will be chosen by the Committee in which order? Please tell us by picking 50 celebrities listing them from No.1 to No. 50. This is the scoring system: +10 points for the exact position +5 points if the person is on the DL 2022 but 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 positions away from the original position +4 points if the person is on the DL 2022 but 6, 7, 8, 9 or 10 positions away from the original position +3 points for every newcomer who also entered the DL 2022 +2 points for every returnee who entered the DL again +1 point if the person is on the DL 2022 but more than 10 positions away from the original position 0 points for unique picks -3 points for every pick who is not listed at the DL 2022 Please name 3 extra names/subs in order of priority. Just in case that the replacement is taken, please tell me in which (any) place the sub should be placed. The other places automatically move up or down and close the gap if necessary. The player with the most points will win the DL Prediction Game. But even after this announcement, which will take place on New Year's Day or maybe a little later*, the action is not over because it is exciting and interesting to see, who will win a litte side kick game at the end of 2022: Were you smarter than the Committee? Did you have more hits? Would „your“ list have won? This side kick game will not be included in the DL Hall of Fame. It's just for fun. *Since I'm not at home for New Year's Eve and will probably come back late on New Year's Day, the announcement of the result will be delayed a little, maybe on January 2nd, no later than January 3rd. Hopefully this will also prevent calculation errors. I name this for reasons ... Please send me your DL Prediction Top 50 plus 3 subs through PM until the 31th of December 2021 at 22:59 CET (mainland Europe time 21:59 GMT). All entries are welcome if they include 50 different people in a chosen order from No. 1 to No. 50 (and 3 subs). Thanks for joining! Hall of Fame: 2016: Book 2017: Book 2018: John Key 2019: Vaagheid 2020: TomTomTelekom 2021: Vaagheid

56 The Pretenders — Brass in Pocket 54 The Police — Don't Stand So Close to Me 42 Blondie — Call me 39 The Jam — Going Underground / Dreams of Children 37 Blondie — Atomic 36 ABBA — The Winner Takes It All +4 36 David Bowie — Ashes to Ashes 36 Soft Cell — Tainted Love 35 Adam & the Ants — Stand and Deliver 28 The Specials — Ghost Town -6 27 The Specials — Too Much Too Young 25 The Police — Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic 16 The Jam — Start! 13 The Human League — Don't You Want Me 09 David Bowie & Queen — Under Pressure

I just read that Blue Monday hit No.9 later that year, so it didn't count that well. Blue Monday and Never let me down again hit #2 in the German charts, just sayin'

Well done, Banana!

UK Top 40 songs I really like that didn't reach the Top 10: 1980: Joy Division - Love will tear us apart (#13) 1981: Randy Crawford - You might need somebody (#11) 1982: Kim Wilde: View from a bridge (#16) 1983: New Order - Blue Monday (#12) 1984: Sade - Smooth Operator (#19) 1985: Kate Bush - Cloudbusting (#20) 1986: The Smiths - Big mouth strikes again (#26) 1987: Depeche Mode - Never let me down again (#22) 1988: Sinead O'Connor - Mandinka (#17) 1989: Adeva - I thank you (#17)

Are these your favorite songs from each year that didn't make it to #1?

Frank Field as new third sub, please.

51 Blondie — Atomic +4 48 The Pretenders – Brass in Pocket 47 The Police – Don't Stand So Close to Me 41 The Specials — Ghost Town -6 40 David Bowie – Ashes to Ashes 39 The Jam – Going Underground / Dreams of Children 36 Blondie – Call Me 36 ABBA — The Winner Takes It All 33 Adam & the Ants – Stand and Deliver 32 Soft Cell — Tainted love 29 The Specials – Too Much Too Young 24 The Jam – Start! 24 The Police – Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic  24 Adam & the Ants – Prince Charming  20 David Bowie & Queen – Under Pressure 11 The Human League – Don't You Want Me

I try to. Monthly like last year, maybe bi-monthly.